A suspected illegal miner was gunned down and 28 others arrested in Orkney, near Klerksdorp in North West. A group of zama-zamas travelling in three minibus taxis and a bakkie were intercepted in ...

BARTLETT: From ordinary South Africans, I fear not. These zama zamas have a whole network of burrows that stretch for kilometers underground. Sometimes, they stay underground for weeks, even months.

The case against 87 suspected illegal miners arrested after a deadly shootout with police in Orkney in October has been transferred from the Orkney Magistrate's Court to the Regional Court in ...